Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] of [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm so give it a go anyway and see what happens erm and it 's no great hardship to have to y'know kind of do it in two or more sets I would n't have thought y'know it 'll it 'll probably still work . |
| 2 | We have seen that landowners have from early times sought methods of retaining their land in the family . |
| 3 | Yeah when he 's eighteen but the trouble is I do n't know what 's happened I 've lost , I suppose mum 'll have to do it because erm Tom has sort of cut him out , or said he was going to cut him out , but I think |
| 4 | I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like |
| 5 | Erm if it 's more , well this is ridiculous because we were getting , that means getting some more current going through there has sort of changed everything else , so it 's going to be less than fifty ohms . |
| 6 | ‘ Each is only concerned to find ways of advocating it without getting it . ’ |
| 7 | But it does recognize the need for the educators to find ways of helping them cope . |
| 8 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 9 | The French government has launched a research programme to map the spread of the algae and to find ways of destroying them [ see ED 56 ] . |
| 10 | In contrast , if you are white , and unless you actually subscribe to racist arguments , you will want to find ways of dissociating yourself from the views expressed here . |
| 11 | Bridges are being built between different confessions , and a new atmosphere of mutual respect is slowly helping to find ways of overcoming what were once felt to be absolutely irreconcilable differences . |
| 12 | You can join a group to increase your own enjoyment of birds , to meet like-minded people , or to find ways of increasing your involvement by joining the committee , or raising funds , or taking part in practical conservation work . |
| 13 | We deride our democracy and itch to find ways of improving it , such as proportional representation or abolishing the House of Lords . |
| 14 | Discriminatory and punitive rates , like Mr Smith 's 59 per cent , not only put many of the most agile brains in the country to work to find ways of avoiding them but create a profound disinclination to work harder or take risks when you have to give nearly 60 per cent of it to the Government . |
| 15 | We expected to gain insight into what these transitions mean to the individuals undergoing them so as to find ways of offering them understanding and support . |
| 16 | This is not an argument against neat presentation of work , but you may need to prepare pupils to find ways of recording their work at the speed of their thought . |
| 17 | As quickly as possible all countries should adopt an enlightened land-use policy and provide means of carrying it out . |
| 18 | You 'll be told how well you managed the interview and together you 'll discuss ways of improving your self-presentation when you start attending real interviews for real jobs . |
| 19 | The steps should be chosen primarily by the patient ; the therapist should discuss ways of carrying them out . |
| 20 | Of course we shall want to ensure that their learning becomes more systematic and that their horizons are widened to encompass ways of thinking which they would not encounter if left to their own devices . |
| 21 | In part three next month , we suggest ways of originating your own artwork so that you can design your very own printed circuit boards . |
| 22 | Once children have seen it at work they often suggest ways of adapting it . |
| 23 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 24 | Many people will say that they do not have the time to pause before acting , but this is a false economy ; if you do not pause then nature has ways of making you stop through illness . |
| 25 | This is a Gestapo God ‘ who has ways of making us repent ’ ! |
| 26 | Especially in the United States , a widespread belief exists that people should actively seek ways of developing themselves . |
| 27 | On the other side , however , we need to consider how such ideas in turn affect political life ; how the analyses and interpretations provided by political scientists enter into the struggles between different interest groups , and either help to define more clearly the nature of the conflicting interests or claim to discover ways of reconciling them . |
| 28 | Here pupils are encouraged to analyse why they may perform disappointingly in exams as well as to discover ways of improving their preparation for tests . |
| 29 | They did n't live in the Bideford area but read a report of the inquest in their own local paper , ironically supplied by me as I found ways of supplementing my unexceptional pay-packet . |
| 30 | The poor see the lumpy , soapy tourists and they harbour thoughts of separating them from their possessions . |